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Make your way through theranks as detective in a corrupt L.A.Product InformationL.A. Noire takes you to 1947 Los Angeles where amid the post-war boomof Hollywood's Golden Age Cole Phelps is an LAPD detective thrownheadfirst into a city drowning in its own success. Corruptionis rampant the drug trade is exploding and murder rates are at anall-time high. In his fight to climb the ranks and do what'sright Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacksracketeering conspiracies and brutal murders battling the L.A.underworld and even members of his own department to uncover a secretthat could shake the city to its rotten core.Using groundbreaking new animation technology that captures everynuance of an actor's facial performance in astonishing detail L.A.Noire is a violent crime thriller that blends breathtaking action withtrue detective work to deliver an unprecedented interactive experience. Search for clues chase down suspects and interrogatewitnesses as you struggle to find the truth in a city where everyonehas something to hide.Product Features As Detective Cole Phelps you'll get a firsthand view ofcrime scenes and investigate the unfortunate tragedies of L.A.'s seedyunderbelly from Arson to Vice Patrol to Traffic to the brutal workof the Homicide desk. The in-game world of L.A. is a faithful recreation oflocations like Downtown L.A. and Hollywood based on meticulousresearch of street maps and aerial photography. Solve crimes based on real crime stories including "AMarriage Made in Heaven" and "The Red Lipstick Murder."

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L.A. Noire is a gritty, single player detective game set on the infamous streets and in the smoke-filled back rooms of postwar Los Angeles. Designed and developed with a nod to the classic film noire movie genre, L.A. Noire blends crystal clear graphics that bring the iconic look and feel of the era to life, with a combination of innovative technology and unique gameplay that allow you to solve crimes through interrogations and investigation. Additional features include: five LAPD based crime desks to work, the ability to analyze the case as well as suspects for clues, an accurate block-by-block recreation of eight sq miles of 1947 Los Angeles, multiple difficulty settings and more.

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Amid the postwar boom of Hollywood's Golden Age, newly minted detective Cole Phelps is thrown headfirst into a city drowning in violence and corruption. Utilizing groundbreaking new technology that captures an actor's facial performance in astonishing detail, L.A. Noire is a violent crime thriller that blends breathtaking action with true detective work to deliver an unprecedented interactive experience. Interrogate witnesses, search for clues and chase down suspects as you struggle to find the truth in a city where everyone has something to hide.

Against an overarching plot of violence and betrayal, L.A. Noire challenges players to solve a series of self-contained cases as they work their way through the ranks of the LAPD. Each case features a distinct storyline with a beginning, middle and end, and each successfully solved case brings new challenges and leads Cole closer to the true story at the dark heart of the Los Angeles criminal underworld.

Key Game Features

Solve a variety of cases across the crime desks of: Patrol, Traffic, Homicide, Vice and Arson

Search crime scenes for clues, question witnesses and interrogate suspects as you search for the truth in each case

Use your wits to analyze suspect's behavior and separate the truth from the lies